FormPak FormPak, Inc.

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355 Paul Avenue
800-936-7672
St. Louis, MO 63135

Installation Instructions

BagPak 2000-ST
MECHANICAL

This unit typically comes stacked up flat and strapped to a pallet.

Once the straps have been cut, the base of the machine (will have a fully square base with
either 3” x 6” tubular base – or a 4” x 4” tubular base). The upright section (will have
two base locator holes for bolting into base channels) and (3) uprights with lugs and/or
holes. This piece is erected and set into the base channels – holes should match up and
can be bolted into place with the fasteners provided. There are (2) holder arms that will
have tubes and hinged locks. These should be indexed over the top of the outer two
uprights on the back section of the unit. The angled tubular pieces simply nest onto the
lugs that are welded along the front of the upright section (unless it is simply drilled and
pinned).

The holder arms should be placed at a height that allows for the pallet to be placed on the
base, the bag to be hung on the holder arms (see below) and leaves 2” – 3” of clearance
of the corners of the bag from the pallet. The fill head is pre-assembled and has it’s own
support arm. This arm is lowered over the middle upright and pinned (hitch pin included
in hardware) at a height that is just above the holder arm height (typically 2”-4” above
top of holder arms. A ¼” female threaded end for compressed air connection.

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BagPak 2000-ST

Operation Instructions

Operator places pallet onto the conveyor in base of filler. The bag straps are then fed
over holder arms (beginning with (2) straps onto the horizontal bars, then pushing those
to the rear of the machine, then placing the remaining (2) straps onto the bars and
centering bag under fill spout. Bag spout and liner (if applicable) are pulled up and over
the outside of the fill head seal. Operator will turn the hand valve (located on fill head –
typically a red back and forth valve).

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Principal of Scale Operation

The scale controller is the heart of the filling machine. It provides the relay functions to
operate the inlet valve, the fill head seal release, and the eject mechanism once the bulk
bag is filled and timing for the settling vibrator.

Before filling a bulk bag, the scale must be set up.

To begin scale set up, press the "PRESET" key.

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Once pressed, the PRESET key will show this screen. The functions set on this screen
are the weight to start and run time for 4 vibration cycles, the FILL weight (desired
weight in filled bag), and the TRIM.

To change any of the values on this screen, enter the line number then press the enter key.

Line Number

Line to be changed, appears Once the line number is

here. entered, press "NEXT".

In the example above, the vibrator starts running when the weight in the bag attains 500#,
and it runs for 1 second. When the weight attains 1000#, it runs for 2 seconds. When it
attains 1500#, is runs for 2 seconds, and when the final weight is attained (2000#), the
vibrator runs for 5 seconds. The final FILL weight is set at 2000# and the TRIM is set at
zero.

Only trial and error will determine the best set points and run time for the vibrator. These
set points are a good place to start, but vibrations times should be much longer than a few
seconds. CAUTION: The vibrator must not be running, when the FILL weight is

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attained. If the time for Weight 3 is too long, the bag could reach it's FILL weight before
the vibrator stops. Avoid this.

This screen shows the screen to change the weight that the first vibration cycle starts. In
this case, the vibrator will turn on, when the weight in the bulk bag reached 500 pounds.
To change this number, use the key pad, to enter the new weight, then press the "NEXT"
key, to continue.

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In the next screen, the length of time the vibrator runs will run. The time is set at 10
seconds, and the NEXT button is pressed. Continue to enter the weights and times for the
first three set points. TIME 4 is the vibration time, after the final weight is attained.

Once the vibration set points are entered, the FILL weight and TRIM must be set.

FILL is the final weight desired in the bulk bag. Use the key pad to enter "8" then change
the weight to the desired weight. In the screen shot above, the final weight is set at 2000
pounds.

TRIM is the weight that the bulk bag is consistently over weight. If your FILL weight is
set at 2000#, and the filled bags consistently weigh 2040#, 40# is the TRIM number.
Properly setting the TRIM will require some trial and error.

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Calibration Cardinal 225

Press these two buttons to enter the set up mode.

Press #3 then the "enter" button to select "CALIBRATE SCALE 1"

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Remove all weight from the scale, then press the enter key for CAL 1 = 0

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When this screen appears, place the known weight on the scale then enter the weight
using the key pad. In this case, the weight was 500#.

Once the correct weight is entered, press the red "enter"

button.

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Remove the weight from the scale, when this screen appears. Once the weight is
removed, press the red "enter" button.

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When this screen appears, you are done calibrating, but must save the data by pressing
the UP arrow until you see the next screen.

When the "BUSY" light goes out, place the test weight back on the scale. The correct
weight should be displayed.

If not, repeat the entire calibration.

Contacts at FormPak:

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FormPak, Inc.
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St. Louis, MO 63135

Mike Owens
Sales / General Questions
Email: mike@formpakinc.com

Larry Markos
Engineering / Technical Support / Maintenance
Email: larry@formpakinc.com

Dustin Hoch
Electrical / Controls
Email: dustin@formpakinc.com

Michael Laws
Parts / General Questions
Email: mike@formpakinc.com

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